Survey of African-American Priests and Seminarians, 1992

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DEVBOOKS Please evaluate the following religious practices which you do, and how the use has changed since you entered the seminary, or became ordained, using the responses given below. -- Devotional books   0) Never part of my spiritual life   1) Use has declined   2) Use has stayed about the same   3) Use has increased

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Never part of my spiritual life	15	9.8%	9.8%	-1.8
Use has declined	57	37.3%	47.1%	-.68
Use has stayed about the same	53	34.6%	81.7%	.43
Use has increased	28	18.3%	100%	1.55

Variable Comparisons

Age Household income Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	21-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65&over	TOTAL
Never part of my spiritual life	13.3% 2	3.6% 1	14.9% 7	7.0% 3	0.0% 0	8.7% 13
Use has declined	6.7% 1	42.9% 12	36.2% 17	44.2% 19	47.1% 8	38.0% 57
Use has stayed about the same	53.3% 8	28.6% 8	31.9% 15	34.9% 15	35.3% 6	34.7% 52
Use has increased	26.7% 4	25.0% 7	17.0% 8	14.0% 6	17.6% 3	18.7% 28
TOTAL	100.0% 15	100.0% 28	100.0% 47	100.0% 43	100.0% 17	150

Household income (I-INCOME)

	<15K	15K-19,999	20K-29,999	30K-39,999	40K&over	TOTAL
Never part of my spiritual life	10.6% 5	20.8% 5	14.3% 4	0.0% 0	5.0% 1	10.6% 15
Use has declined	34.0% 16	45.8% 11	32.1% 9	34.8% 8	45.0% 9	37.3% 53
Use has stayed about the same	36.2% 17	25.0% 6	39.3% 11	43.5% 10	25.0% 5	34.5% 49
Use has increased	19.1% 9	8.3% 2	14.3% 4	21.7% 5	25.0% 5	17.6% 25
TOTAL	100.0% 47	100.0% 24	100.0% 28	100.0% 23	100.0% 20	142

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Predominantly Protestant or non-Christian background	Mixed religious affiliations	Predominantly Catholic background	TOTAL
Never part of my spiritual life	11.1% 5	7.9% 3	10.3% 7	9.9% 15
Use has declined	33.3% 15	39.5% 15	39.7% 27	37.7% 57
Use has stayed about the same	35.6% 16	39.5% 15	30.9% 21	34.4% 52
Use has increased	20.0% 9	13.2% 5	19.1% 13	17.9% 27
TOTAL	100.0% 45	100.0% 38	100.0% 68	151